Eric Godfrey 3/20/13 Honorable Women Tokugawa era Japan was a very different period than those before it‚ instead of proving loyalty and honor on the battlefield it was drawn from more diplomatic situations. The Tokugawa period brought with it an era of lasting peace for nearly 250 years‚ and with it came different ways in which to occupy ones self. Many things in society changed including‚ the warring ways of the samurai where honor was drawn from the strength and skill turned into peaceful
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Study Guide: China-Japan Unit Test 2014 For your first unit test‚ be able to: Use the following vocabulary terms in sentences of your own showing you know the meaning of the term in context. Porcelain Fire Lance Civil Service Exams Minamoto Yoritomo Forbidden City Shogun Genghis Khan Samurai Diamond Sutra Zheng He Steel Silk Feudalism Steppe Vassal Scholar-Officials Daimyo Census Terrorism Bushido Yuan Dynasty Meditation Shinto Confucianism Grand Canal Answer questions
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(nationalism‚ people’s right‚ people’s livelihood); lacked authority and military support to fufill his goal; turned over presidency to Yuan Shikai (a powerful General) Treaty of Versailles – The treaty of Versailles gave some of China’s land to Japan May 4th Movement – 5000 students plus many farmers‚ workers‚ and peasants protesting against
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The History of Children’s Day In Japan • This is a national holiday in Japan celebrated on May 5th. Started in 1948‚ Children’s Day is a festive day dedicated to celebrating the health and happiness of all children. The holiday is believed to have begun in china where they would hang medicinal herbs to ward off childhood diseases. In Japan it is often celebrated by giving children kites and hanging streamers. In Japan‚ the Children’s Festival was originally called the “Boy’s Festival” while
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constitutional monarchy. In modern-day Japan‚ the monarchy is‚ according to the constitution of Japan‚ ‘a symbol of the state and unity of the people’. Unlike China‚ Japan‚ at least officially‚ has had only one dynasty since the beginning of time (Beasley‚ 1999). There is a pattern followed in China’s where each dynasty has a stage of empire building‚ a stage of power or glory‚ and finally‚ a stage of decline. This pattern‚ however‚ is not apparent in Japan. The monarchy of Japan essentially consists of one
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real jobs‚ like becoming a merchant or soldier in the military. The women of the Tokugawa Shogunate had about one role in their community‚ as well as the women in Europe’s High Middle Ages. These women from both the Tokugawa Shogunate and the High Middle Ages had some similarities and differences between each other. With their husbands in combat almost continuously‚ the 16th century women of the Tokugawa Shogunate (otherwise known as samurai women) provided for the defense of their homes and children
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The aim of the writing was that ‘verifying most clearly and certainly the necessity of what the Tokugawa feudal system collapsed’ from a point of view‚ for instance‚ history of thought‚ thus followed the crushed process of such legitimate worldview in the feudal Japan as Confucian‚ especially neo-Confucian in the country‚ then‚ explaining ‘a pattern of modernization in Japanese thought widely and in Japanese society narrowly’. Moreover‚ this work has three parts that appeared each independently
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Japanese Economic Development: 19392904889500Sample questions from previous midterms 1734185317500Japan’s largest import in the 1870’s was raw cotton. It’s price fell 45 percent. Japan’s largest export in the 1870s was raw silk. Its price rose 50%. (8 points) Show using a graph why if these were Japan’s only export good and only import good‚ this would imply that Japan would have gained from trade. (note: the specific numbers don’t matter‚ just showing the kind of change from autonomy to trade).
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to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. The Meiji Restoration ended 250 years of self-isolation for Japan. The Restoration led to changes in Japan’s economic standings. The period from 1868 to 1912 was responsible for the start of Japan as a modernized nation in the early twentieth century. The country’s new rulers adopted the slogan “Rich Country‚ Strong Army‚" because they wanted Japan to become economically and militarily powerful‚ so it could retain its independence. During the time Japan entered
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There was once a time in Japan called the Edo period (1603-1868‚ ending when Tokugawa Yoshinobu resigned) - this was a period where Japan was ruled under the Tokugawa Shogunates‚ a feudal military government. Japan had a stable population‚ and a popular enjoyment of art and culture. However‚ they had an uncompromising policy prohibiting any foreign contact‚ ultimately making it completely isolated from the western world. There was also a strict social order‚ where everyone knew their status. Emperors
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